Indonesia is a wealth of cultures, each as distinctive as the 13,000 islands that comprise the archipelago nation that sweeps in a grand 6,400 km arc along the Equator. While the dominant culture, centred in Java, is Muslim, Hindus reside in Bali and dozens of unique animistic peoples populate the rest of the islands.

Travellers visit Indonesia as much for its art and culture, as for its tropical beauty. Its rainforests hold a multitude of rare species of exotic birds as well as the orangutan. Komodo island is home to a famous dragon.